1929
The weekend just ending (May 7-8) has been a good one for the Class—thanks, primarily, to the efforts and leadership of Squeek Redding and Dick Barrett.
In Hanover, at the annual meetings of the Class Officers' Association the talk of the town was '29's phenomenal get-away in the Alumni Fund's Green Derby, the details of which have already been reported by Larry Lougee in his "Twenty-Nine Up!" But at that gathering the fourth interim report had just been released by the Fund Office showing '29 well in the lead as it had been from the very start, and well ahead in participation and amount. Squeek's gratification in seeing the Class out front for the first time in its history has not deluded him with any false sense of complacency or dulled his appreciation of the job that still has to be done to come home a winner. On the contrary, like the old distance runner he is (or should we say "was") he knows that he must settle down to a steady pace that will hold his lead yet reserve that final kick to bring him in flying at the finish. And that's where we come in, especially those of us who haven't given before, or regularly, and those whose gifts haven't been increased in proportion to the growth of our individual capacities to give.
The '29 contingent was strong all around. Hal Beloin was there, representing the Dartmouth Club of New Britain, of which he is Secretary; and Morton Jaquith, Chairman of the Memorial Gift Committee. Then, by prearrangement, Gus Weidenmayer and MorganBaker spent the weekend in Hanover polishing up Reunion details as Chairmen of Dick Barrett's two very important committees—Entertainment and Hospitality for the Wives. Unfortunately, Mace Ingram, the Hanover Chairman, was sick, but Bob Monahan took over for him and met with us as we reviewed the program and ran down the details that Reunion Chairman Barrett has developed and organized so efficiently and well.
This 20th Reunion has looked good from the moment we started on it early last fall. And during the winter as plans began to take shape around Dick's library table, with HankStein, Chris Born, Dick Johnson, TrapperBryant, Herm Liss, Ollie Holmes, MorganBaker and Phil Mayher arguing the pros and cons and voting the decisions, it has looked better and better. And now, after a weekend in Hanover, with the assurance that everything is set and just waiting for the clan to gather, it's impossible not to be enthusiastic and excited. At any rate, that's the way the boys who are working on it feel; and that's the way their ladies feel about it, too. So, take another look at the red Reunion flyer and come along to Hanover and the 20th.
Ellie Cavanagh reports progress on Reunion plans:
"I will be glad to work on Reunion in Western Massachusetts, in fact, have already started.
"The Springfield Dartmouth Club had a cocktail party on Friday, April Bth, which I thought was an excellent opportunity to gather Twenty-Niners and their wives in this area.
"We had a good response, with the following with their wives for cocktails at the University Club in Springfield, and dinner following at the Yankee Pedlar, in Holyoke: 1. Divight Allen, Springfield. 2. Chan Bete, Greenfield. 3. EllieCavanagh, Northampton. 4. Dick Danforth, North Wilbraham. 5. Walter Howell, Northampton. 6. Mike Ferrini, Springfield.
"Your suggestion of getting the fellows and their wives together is a good one. Not only did we have an excellent time, but we got up a lot of enthusiasm for Reunion. Everyone got to know each other, particularly the wives, and they are quite influential about one's plans for Reunion. They all seem to be set for June. Brooks White and wife planned to be there, but at the last minute apparently couldn't make it."
Herb Ball relates that on the evening that John Dickey spoke to the Class Agents in New York, he, Karl Pittelkow and Larry Lougee were in attendance while elsewhere in the Club holding a meeting of the Reunion Committee were Phil Mayher, Bing Carter, Gus Weidenmayer and Morgan Baker.
A recent Saturday evening as we were enjoying the concert by the combined Glee Clubs of Beaver Country Day School (for young ladies) and Exeter, we noted that the name of one of the Exeter soloists was George A. Hume. And, sure enough, he was the son of Sandy Hume who ran on our freshman track team and anchored the freshman relay. Sandy left college at the end of sophomore year to go into business in his home town, Muskegon, Michigan. And, then, a few years ago, after about twenty years of manufacturing textiles, Sandy moved his family to Lexington, Kentucky, and set himself up as a breeder of fine race horses. It might be said that if he raises horses as well as he has his son, he'll do all right.
And, speaking of sons, Karl Michael's grin was broad when he told us this morning at the Inn Corner that his son had been accepted in next fall's freshman class.
Nick Nickerson is resigning as President of the Pittsfield National Bank, Pittsfield, Mass., to become a Vice-President and Director of the First National Bank of Jersey City. In his three years in Pittsfield as President of the Bank, Nick established himself as an outstanding good citizen as well as a sound banker. Before going to Pittsfield he had served in the Army Air Force for nearly four years. Previously he had been associated with the Chemical Bank & Trust Company in New York.
Chan Bete, addressing the Advertising Club of Springfield recently, stated that an iron curtain exists here in our country between industry and business and the general public, and urged business to undertake to enlighten the public as to its contribution to our economy and its problems and prospects.
One of Bill Coles' rare letters from Caracas reports:
"We are all very busy down here engaged in the law, hotel, farming, fishing and wholesale grocery business.
"I hope we will be able to get to Hanover in June, but this is problematical."
B. H. Hayes, Vice President o£ Thayer, Inc., Gardner, Mass., manufacturers of baby carriages and juvenile furniture, announces the resignation of Ralph R. Butler, Assistant to the President and General Sales Manager, as of May 1 to -resume sales consulting work. Ralph will continue to serve Thayer, Inc. in a consulting capacity but will be available after May 1 to serve one or two other additional clients.
As sales consultant he assisted with the planning and organizing for Thayer, Inc.'s sales expansion program and then joined the organization to assist in carrying out these plans.
After graduation from Dartmouth and Tuck '3O, Ralph secured his business training in various research and sales management activities with such companies as the New York Telephone Cos., Dennison Mfg. Cos., Liberty Mutual Insurance Cos., Kendall Mills, and McKinsey & Cos. He is a former instructor in sales research at Boston University, a past director of the American Marketing Association and a past president of the New England Chapter.
Cy Worth is associated with Frank W. Winne & Son, Inc., yarns, twines, cordage, textiles, fibres, specialties, in Houston, Texas. Thanks to him we have the news that HarlanTaylor has just been married to Mrs. Virginia Colvin Terrill of Houston.
We regret to have to record the recent deaths of Henry L. Block and John W. Merritt. In Memoriam notices appear in the obituary section of the MAGAZINE.
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